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Tom and I began TW Custom Wood Products in 1994. It was a full time business for us for a few years and for the past 10 years it has continued as a part time business. The last few years we have been building displays for a fragrance company in Detroit. The past six months or so it is really keeping Tom hopping! He built more displays in the first three months of this year than we did all of last year. It has gotten so busy that Tom has taught me how to drill holes. Some of the displays have several holes...20 hole, 40 hole and 120 hole...to hold frangrance viles. I actually enjoy my time in the shop. It is a nice change of pace. We are currently swamped with orders and are having trouble keeping our chins above water. Tom has several projects for the house that he would like to do, but has absolutely no extra time to do them.

The kids love spending time in the shop with Daddy......Jacob especially. It won't be long and I'm sure Jacob will be able to get his hands into TW Custom Wood Products. ;) Jacob spent some time this afternoon out in the shop with Dad. He ended up spray painting something?? Not sure what? It seems that the spray paint can is one of Jacob's favorite things of the summer. When I was dropping the kids off at Grandma's for a few days I discovered that Jacob had packed a can of spray paint in his bag. :-O I confiscated that sucker and brought it back home with me. I'm quite confident that Grandma would not have appreciated that spray can being around at all! ;)

Wow!! We are in our last full week before school starts again....and tomorrow is Friday. :( I just love summer and am sad to see it come to an end. Heidi had a pizza party at the library tonight. It was the final party for their "Paws to Read" summer program. After that we all went to an ice cream social at the school. We had a little meeting telling of the coming year, ice cream and then the kids were able to go into their classrooms and meet their new teachers. I think seeing their friends and being at the school after three months off got both Heidi and Jacob a bit excited about the coming school year.

Since all good things do have to come to an end...ie summer break , it's time to start thinking about the next season......Fall! :) I'm so thankful to live in an area that has beautiful Autumns. Some trees are already starting to change. The night air is nice and cool. I absolutely love Fall! It's my favorite time of year. :)

Wendy.....who is making an effort not to dwell on the fact that school is starting on Tuesday(boo hoo!), but instead will drift off to sleep tonight dreaming of crisp air, pumpkins, beautiful oranges, browns and reds, and bobbing for apples. Oh, we didn't do that last year. Gotta do it this year! Gracie and Isaac will love it! Sweet dreams.